. >> patty farmer: i kept hearing about this persian room, this nightclub that used to be there many years ago and through research i found out it had been there for four decades, and i had never heard of it. a lot of people have never heard of it. and i wanted to know more about it, so i went to the management of the hotel and asked to look in their archives. and maria, they looked at me like i had green hair. they said, "archives? we have no archives." the plaza hotel! and i thought that was shameful. i said, "you've been here 100 years, you have nothing? the beatles were here. marilyn monroe was here. they said, "we have an odd picture or two, but no archives." >> reporter: so a few phone calls later, a curiosi quest took on a whole new purpose. and the result? the persian room. >> patty: so i was lucky enough to be able to talk to some of the greats: marge champion, andy williams, jack jones, patty paige, laney kazan, and they put the heart into it. the way they had it set up was prior to the show, the maitre de would tell the entertainer who was in the audience because any given